AccuWeather, a leading provider of weather forecasts worldwide, needed a better solution for handling more than 4 billion daily data requests. To increase scalability, the company is delivering content from the cloud on the Windows Azure platform. As a result, the company has accelerated times for development and proofs of concept without worrying about provisioning infrastructure. It has also gained on-demand scalability, improved access to real-time weather data, and cut IT costs by up to 40 percent.